Dos Meses

     

I cannot believe that two months have gone by so fast. It is getting warmer in Paraguay. Spring has finally kicked in and in another month or so, Summer will begin. While this sounds nice and relaxing (as the thoughts of summer are peaceful in the mind.. especially after months of cold weather, jackets and hot cocoa) I am afraid that the inescapable heat brings no pleasant thoughts to my mind. Exactly a week ago, I was complaining of the cold. Of course - it's not actually that cold. Maybe 20*Celsius at low.. but it is a different cold. It will rain and be a little windy, and there is no escaping it.

I love the winters in DC. You can walk around in the snow and play outside until you are completely frozen and then just walk inside a nice warm house and drink some warm cider and bamn! you're warm again. Here (there is no snow) but there is also no place warm to go. No houses have heat and very few have air conditioning. It can be very miserable when you walk to school and come home and you are cold and wet, to find that your room and house and sheets are also cold and wet. So is the shower, food and water.

But then, when it's hot outside the next day - and you go to school and walk home and it's 40*Celsius (100* F)(give or take) you are so happy that there is a cool shower and cold sheets and food and water. The very thought of something warm touching you... all you want to do is jump into a pool of ice water. So - thats what I do! Not quite ice water, but my friend has a giant covered/ shaded pool.. she is a very dear friend :)

In the next couple of weeks, the mango trees will have produced plentiful fruit and I will be the happiest girl in the world. Seriously, I cannot wait to have fresh fruit for breakfast.

School is still going great. Just two weeks ago, my class went on their "end of the year trip" to Brazil. We only went to the very outskirts - where Paraguay and Brazil meet at the power plant called Itaipu. This power plant provides electricity for Paraugay, Argentina and Brazil. It was amazing!

I am still in my ballet class which is great, and I am meeting new people every day.

I will keep you posted! If you would like to find me on skype - my email is polkadotbug@gmail.com - I would love to talk to you!

Peace & Love

Vivian

About the Pictures: The first is of my fiend Julia (from Fairbanks, Alaska). We are eating lomito at a local shop.

Second: This is my house!

Third: This is the dog that I rescued when I first arrived in Paraguay. His name is Coca (like Coca Cola)